Car broom or brush holder.



N o730,206. PAilPBNTED ;rUN;+:";z',' 1953.

D.PLAGG.

OAR BROOM 0R BRUSH HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31, 1903.

. N0 MODEL.

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DAVID FLAGG, or GRAYLING, MI'oHIeAN, ASSIGNOR or ONE-FOURTH TO MARIUS HANSON, or GRAYLING, MICHIGAN.

CAR BROOM OR BRUSH HOLDER.

SPEGIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 730,206, dated June 2, 03-

Application filed March 31, 1903. Serial No. 150,478. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: I more subordinate features myinvention con Be it known that 1, DAVID FLAGG,residing sists in certain details of construction and at Grayling, in the county of Crawford and peculiar combination of parts, all of which State of Michigan, have invented a new and will hereinafter be fully described, and spe- 5 Improved (Jar Broom or Brush Holder, of cifically pointed out in the appended claims, 55

which the following is a specification. referenceb'eing had to the accompanying a My invention relates to that class of broom drawings, in which or brush holding devices employed on cars Figure l'is a perspective view of a portion for removing snow and ice andv otherwise of a hand-car with my invention applied.

cleaning and scraping car-tracks; and it re- .Fig. 2 is a front viewof the same, the dotted 6i fers more particularly to that class of devices lines showing the broom swung up to its in especially designed for use on hand-cars. operative position. 'Fig. 3 is a longitudinal Ordinarily hand-cars are provided with a section of the same on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. bracket-iron in which the broom -shank is Fig. 4is a transverse section thereof-on the held by a set-screw or wedge in such manline 4 40f Fig. 3. I Fig. 5 illustrates the sevnor that it requires the adjustment of the oral parts constituting my holder separated. set-screw or wedge to hold the broom either In the practical construction my invention in an operative orin an inoperative condition, comprises a bracket A, having'a head portion which from experience I have found is very a, adapted to be bolted to the car-frame O at I 2o objectionable, for the reason that it is often the desired point-for example, at thefront 7o necessary to shift the broom. many times a end of the side beams cofthe said frameand day, and on account of the necessity of frewhich isintegral with an outwardly and downquently moving the hand-car off the track ward'ly inclined'arm at, whose lower end terquickly out of the way of an approaching minates in a-tubnlar head a which forms 2.5 train the car-men have not sufficient time to the bearing for a bolt B. 1 set the broom to its elevated or inoperative D designates a tubular member held in position, thereby often breaking ofi the alinement with thebearing a at the front edge broom, as well as dragging it over the ground. thereof, in which the headed end b of thebolt My invention seeks to overcome the sev- B seats, and the said memberdhas an inte- 3o eral objections noted,-and it comprehends in 'gral inwardly-projected, portion 01, vertically its generic nature a bracket adapted to be se- .apertured, as at 01 to form a socket to receive cured to the carat any desired point and prothe short shank-handle f of the broom or vided with a transversely-rockable member scraper F. having a socket to receivethe broom-shank By referring nowmore particularly to Fig.

35 and hold it against a swing movement with 4 it will be noticed the member Dv has its inthe longitudinal plane of the car-track-that ner half d? reduced and the said'reduced is to say, in a rigid sweeping position.and portion projectedradially withrespect to the arranged to permit the broombeing instantly axis of the bolt 13, and the inner edge of the swung to a horizontal position by simply portion cZ terminates with a threaded boss 0 pressing down the upper or projected end of 01 disposedcentrally on the socket d. the broom-handle and to automatically. hold The clamp member G cooperates with the the said broom to such elevated position. part cl, and the said member G has upper In its more complete nature my invention and lower extensions g g, adapted to stradincludes a peculiar construction of broomdle the member si and a socket gtofit over 45 holding socket and adjustable clamp devices the boss (1 and the inner faces of the 'extenfor holding the broom at the desired elevasions g g are concaved, as at 9 to oppose the tions and for .permitting the vertical swing concaved surfaces d d of the fixedly-held of the broom to its upper or'lower positions socket member, whereby when forced inwithout thenecessityof changing the adj ustwardly by the clamp-screw Hthe said faces 50 ability of theclampingdevices; and in its still g and (1 will firmly gripvthe broom-handle, wo

as shown, it being manifest that by reason of the peculiar construction of the clamp device referred to the broom may be readily removed from its socket or adjusted therein without removing the part G, it being only necessary to properly loosen or turn back the clampscrew H.

The meeting faces of the members D and a? have interlocking portions in the end of a pair of diametrically oppositely disposed V-shaped ribs 5, formed on the member a and a series of radially-disposed V-shaped grooves 6 on the inner face of the member D, adapted to engage with the ribs 5 and to normally hold the member D interlocked with its mate ("I/ when the ribs 5 and a corresponding set of grooves 6 register. A stout coiled springS is mounted on the outer end of the bolt B between the washer and nut 13 and the adjacent face of the member a as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

' By arranging the parts a and D as shown and described the member D can be freely rotated on the bolt B when pressure suflicient to overcome the tension of the spring is applied, and by proper interlocking of the ribs 5 and the grooves 6 the socket portion on the member B can be positioned at a vertical or in a horizontal plane, and as the member D is rigidly held against movement in the direction of the length of the bolt B it follows that the broom is thereby held rigid with respect to the holder when adjusted to its upper or lower positions. As the member D is freely rotatable on the bolt B, it is manifest that by merely pushing or pulling the broomhandle in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 2 the broom can be instantly turned to its inoperative position under the car-frame, and by pushing the handle in the reverse direction the broom can be quickly turned to an operative position.

Iam aware that broom-holders, track-cleaners, &c., have heretofore been provided in which the broom is held to be swung up out of contact with the ground or the rails; but so far as I know it has been required that clamp or nut devices be first adjusted to admit of snchmovement of the broom.

My invention differentiates from what has heretofore been done in this art, so far as I know, in'providing a bracket having a socket member arranged to admit of freely moving the broom transversely and to the track-rail and to rigidly hold the broom from swingingin the longitudinal direction of the rail and also in the detailed arrangement of the several parts hereinbefore pointed out.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A broom-holder of the class described, comprising a bracket adapted to be attached to the car-frame, a socket member mounted on the bracket to rotate transversely with respect to the car-rail, means on said socket member for clamping a broom-shank in the socket, and a separate means for automatically locking and holding the socket member to transversely-adjusted positions.

2. An improved broom-holder comprising a bracket having a tubular head; a clamp device having a tubular head adapted to be held in alinement with the tubular bracket member, a bolt seating in the tubular portions of the bracket and the clamp, said clamp member being transversely rotatable With re-' spect to the bracket, means mounted on the bolt and the tubular portions of the bracket and the clamp for automatically locking the clamp member to its different adjustments, the said clamp member having a broom-socket in a plane at right angles to the bolt-aperture, and means for securing the broom-haudle in the said socket, as specified.

3. A broom-holder of the kind described; comprising a bracket adapted to be secured to and projected from a car-platform; a broomclamp pivotally mounted on the bracket and laterally adjustable with respect to the said bracket, automatically-actuating means cooperatively joined with the clamp and the bracket for holding the clamp and the broom at its vertical or horizontal adj ustments,said clamp being rigidly held from movement in the longitudinal plane of the bracket,as specified.

4. In a broom-holder of the character described, the combination with the bracket, said bracket comprising an attached head at one end and a tubular portion at the other end having radial ribs on one face, a clamp consisting of a tubular member 61 having radial grooves to engage the ribs on the tubular portions of the bracket, a headed bolt adapted to be received in the apertures of the tubular bracket and clamp members, a

tension-spring for drawing the bolt to interlock the aforesaid V-shaped grooves and ribs, the said clamp member including a broom socket at right angles to the bolt-aperture, said socket including a detachable grip portion, and means for clamping the said grip portion against the broom-handle,as specified.

DAVID FLAGG. lVitnesses:

O. PALMER, J. S. HANNES.

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